Latest News | Maha: Minor Held for Theft at Prayer Pandal in Thane
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. Police have detained a 16-year-old boy for allegedly stealing a cash box kept at a pandal here in Maharashtra during the recently held Navratri festival, an official said on Monday.
Thane, Oct 18 (PTI) Police have detained a 16-year-old boy for allegedly stealing a cash box kept at a pandal here in Maharashtra during the recently held Navratri festival, an official said on Monday.
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The theft took place on the intervening night of October 14 and 15 at the prayer venue in a housing complex on Ghodbunder Road, Kasarwadavali police station's senior inspector Kishore Khairnar said.
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On Saturday, the police got a tip-off that a boy was trying to sell the box and the money kept in it at a scrap dealer's shop here.
The police then nabbed the boy and recovered Rs 3,500 cash and the box from his possession, he said.
A case was registered against the minor under Indian Penal Code Section 380 (theft) and he was sent to a remand home, he added.
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